Where are we at with closing the gap with the Shannon limit that sets an absolute upper limit on fiber capacity per bandwidth unit?
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Category: Technical Papers
Article – Options for Increasing Subsea Cable System Capacity
This article from OpticalCloudInfra, published in November 2017 Issue of Submarine Telecoms Forum, talks about subsea cable system capacity maximization.
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Maximizing Subsea Cable System Capacity: Recent Lab Demos and Field Trials (4/4)
Combining multiple advanced technologies, recent lab demos and field trials demonstrate impressive increase in subsea cable system capacity.
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Getting Closer to the Shannon Limit with Constellation Shaping (3/4)
Constellation shaping is a way to outperform conventional modulation schemes capacity wise and to operate subsea cable closer to the Shannon limit.
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What Are the Options for Increasing Subsea Cable System Capacity? (2/4)
Various multiplexing options are available for increasing subsea cable system capacity and lowering the cost per transported bit as well.
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Shannon Limit Sets the Upper Bar in Optical Networks (1/4)
In a theory developed in the 40s, the Shannon limit provided a fundamental law that still governs the maximal capacity of modern coherent optical networks.
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